diff --git a/include/migration/colo.h b/include/migration/colo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59a632a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/migration/colo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * COarse-grain LOck-stepping Virtual Machines for Non-stop Service (COLO)
+ * (a.k.a. Fault Tolerance or Continuous Replication)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_COLO_H
+#define QEMU_COLO_H
+
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+
+bool colo_supported(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/migration/migration.h b/include/migration/migration.h
index 3c96623..5effc05 100644
--- a/include/migration/migration.h
+++ b/include/migration/migration.h
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ int xbzrle_decode_buffer(uint8_t *src, int slen, uint8_t *dst, int dlen);
 
 int migrate_use_xbzrle(void);
 int64_t migrate_xbzrle_cache_size(void);
+bool migrate_colo_enabled(void);
 
 int64_t xbzrle_cache_resize(int64_t new_size);
 
diff --git a/migration/Makefile.objs b/migration/Makefile.objs
index 30ad945..cff96f0 100644
--- a/migration/Makefile.objs
+++ b/migration/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 common-obj-y += migration.o socket.o fd.o exec.o
 common-obj-y += tls.o
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_COLO) += colo.o
 common-obj-y += vmstate.o
 common-obj-y += qemu-file.o
 common-obj-y += qemu-file-channel.o
diff --git a/migration/colo.c b/migration/colo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5749016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migration/colo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * COarse-grain LOck-stepping Virtual Machines for Non-stop Service (COLO)
+ * (a.k.a. Fault Tolerance or Continuous Replication)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "migration/colo.h"
+
+bool colo_supported(void)
+{
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 955d5ee..17f0f75 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "io/channel-buffer.h"
 #include "io/channel-tls.h"
+#include "migration/colo.h"
 
 #define MAX_THROTTLE  (32 << 20)      /* Migration transfer speed throttling */
 
@@ -537,6 +538,9 @@ MigrationCapabilityStatusList *qmp_query_migrate_capabilities(Error **errp)
 
     caps = NULL; /* silence compiler warning */
     for (i = 0; i < MIGRATION_CAPABILITY__MAX; i++) {
+        if (i == MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_X_COLO && !colo_supported()) {
+            continue;
+        }
         if (head == NULL) {
             head = g_malloc0(sizeof(*caps));
             caps = head;
@@ -728,6 +732,14 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_capabilities(MigrationCapabilityStatusList *params,
     }
 
     for (cap = params; cap; cap = cap->next) {
+        if (cap->value->capability == MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_X_COLO) {
+            if (!colo_supported()) {
+                error_setg(errp, "COLO is not currently supported, please"
+                             " configure with --enable-colo option in order to"
+                             " support COLO feature");
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
         s->enabled_capabilities[cap->value->capability] = cap->value->state;
     }
 
@@ -1696,6 +1708,12 @@ fail:
                       MIGRATION_STATUS_FAILED);
 }
 
+bool migrate_colo_enabled(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
+    return s->enabled_capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_X_COLO];
+}
+
 /*
  * Master migration thread on the source VM.
  * It drives the migration and pumps the data down the outgoing channel.
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 5658723..cdab6cf 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -553,11 +553,15 @@
 #          been migrated, pulling the remaining pages along as needed. NOTE: If
 #          the migration fails during postcopy the VM will fail.  (since 2.6)
 #
+# @x-colo: If enabled, migration will never end, and the state of the VM on the
+#        primary side will be migrated continuously to the VM on secondary
+#        side. (since 2.8)
+#
 # Since: 1.2
 ##
 { 'enum': 'MigrationCapability',
   'data': ['xbzrle', 'rdma-pin-all', 'auto-converge', 'zero-blocks',
-           'compress', 'events', 'postcopy-ram'] }
+           'compress', 'events', 'postcopy-ram', 'x-colo'] }
 
 ##
 # @MigrationCapabilityStatus
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 1176056..6a470d3 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -3752,7 +3752,7 @@ Query current migration capabilities
          - "zero-blocks" : Zero Blocks state (json-bool)
          - "compress": Multiple compression threads state (json-bool)
          - "events": Migration state change event state (json-bool)
-         - "postcopy-ram": postcopy ram state (json-bool)
+         - "x-colo" : COarse-Grain LOck Stepping for Non-stop Service (json-bool)
 
 Arguments:
 
diff --git a/stubs/Makefile.objs b/stubs/Makefile.objs
index 55edd15..3b867d8 100644
--- a/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/stubs/Makefile.objs
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ stub-obj-y += iohandler.o
 stub-obj-y += smbios_type_38.o
 stub-obj-y += ipmi.o
 stub-obj-y += pc_madt_cpu_entry.o
+stub-obj-y += migration-colo.o
diff --git a/stubs/migration-colo.c b/stubs/migration-colo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d215057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/migration-colo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * COarse-grain LOck-stepping Virtual Machines for Non-stop Service (COLO)
+ * (a.k.a. Fault Tolerance or Continuous Replication)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "migration/colo.h"
+
+bool colo_supported(void)
+{
+    return false;
+}
